{"id":1933,"date":"2021-06-28T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T07:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/?p=1933"},"modified":"2021-09-28T08:44:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T04:44:01","slug":"speaker-emphasizes-government-role-in-leading-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/2021\/06\/28\/speaker-emphasizes-government-role-in-leading-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker emphasizes government role in leading research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Joseph Henry&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 The UAE government has to play an active role in encouraging applied research in the country, a Dubai Electricity and Water Authority official said June 27 at a Ministry of Education-sponsored online event in which the American University of Sharjah participated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA top-down approach is required,\u201d said DEWA Vice President for Research and Development&nbsp;Dr. Almheiri Said, as part of a general discussion about the role of the government in providing proper research infrastructure to the public.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted there must be increased focus on integrating research at earlier levels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almheiri was joined during the session by two other speakers. Dr. Alawi Alsheikh-Ali, the deputy director at Dubai Health Authority, said the UAE must not only foster an environment that encourages research but also create a framework of research challenges and objectives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Steven Griffith, the senior vice president for research and development at Khalifa University, called universities the future of technology transfer. He added that a blend of artificial intelligence and applied research should be used to help local business owners adapt to changing economic climates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joseph Henry&nbsp; UNIVERSITY CITY, SHARJAH \u2013 The UAE government has to play an active role in encouraging applied research in the country, a Dubai Electricity and Water Authority official said June 27 at a Ministry of Education-sponsored online event in which the American University of Sharjah participated. \u201cA top-down approach is required,\u201d said DEWA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-1933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"tag-aus","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcmmediahub.aus.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}